stoen (November 30th, 2020)
My remark might be a bit off topic or perhaps slightly generalizing. Yet, curiously enough, I just succeded in rather effortlessly putting a “fir tree” 400 nib into a 100 feed & collar unit, while waiting for the real thing yet to arrive. It all went “by the book”, and it now behaves and writes perfectly, although I’learned it neither would fit nor behave, and it neither behaves nor fits in most cases. These feed & collar were neither tweaked nor filed. I do see this rather as an exception to the general rule that a 400nib is compatible with pre-war 100N, but not with a pre-war 100. I know this is a non-recommedable practice, I would have never done it without some relevant experience and an “unstrained feel” under my fingers while tryng it. I don’t recommend anyone do it, I just mean to say there might be slightly more to the vintage Pelikan nib unit topic than regularly explained and discussed.
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Last edited by stoen; December 6th, 2020 at 12:56 PM.
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